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unusual facts about Sir Richard Vyvyan, 8th Baronet


Richard Vyvyan

Sir Richard Vyvyan, 8th Baronet (1800–1879), Member of Parliament and Fellow of the Royal Society


Anatomy Act 1832

In 1832 a new Anatomy Bill was introduced, which, though strongly opposed by Hunt, Sadler and Vyvyan, was supported by Macaulay and O'Connell, and finally passed the House of Lords on 19 July 1832.

Arthur Benoni Evans

The Bishop of Lincoln, John Kaye, appointed Evans since in 1829 the 8th Baronet was only a child of 13.

Cornish currency

A Royalist mint was established in Truro in 1642-43 during the English Civil War by Sir Richard Vyvyan; in September 1643 it was moved to Exeter.

Richard Vyvyan

Sir Richard Vyvyan, 1st Baronet (c. 1613–1665), Member of Parliament and Royalist during the English Civil War

Sir Richard Vyvyan, 3rd Baronet (1681–1736), Member of Parliament and prominent Jacobite

Sir Richard Vyvyan, 1st Baronet

King Charles rewarded him for his loyalty by creating him a baronet on 12 February 1645.

Sir Richard Vyvyan, 8th Baronet

His account of the ‘fogou’ or cave at Halligey, Trelowarren, is in the Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall (1885, viii. 256-8).


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